The remains of Reverend Fola Achudume, wife of the set man of the Victory Life Bible Church (VLBC) were interred in a mausoleum specially built on the precinct of the Headquarters of the Church on Ajebo Road in Abeokuta.
The interment which was a strictly private affair was the climax of a series of comprehensive rites of passage for RFA widely referred to with a panoply of adjectives and phrases including "God's General", "Lioness of Jesus", "Indefatigable Evangelist", "Teacher of Teachers", "Mentor" amongst several others.
Nigerians from all walks of life including State Governors, Politicians, Judges, Kings, Chiefs, Clerics as well as the "hoi polloi", the citizens converged to pay their last respects to the Amazon who was the definition of humanism and empathy as well as an exemplar of agape love.
Tributes after Tributes, hymns after hymns and lessons after lessons were churned out from her highly impactful life evoking iconic celebration of life.
To say that the death of RFA is glorious would be tantamount to an understatement as the adjective is inadequate to describe the outpouring of love and empathy for the dynasty of Achudume.
To paraphrase Williams Shakespeare, the heavens themselves blazed forth its glory as RFA flew away!
As Dr. Tobi Achudume said "an extra floor was added to her mansion in heaven with the harvest of souls who gave their lives afresh to Jesus during the burial programme."
Youths decked in various vests, flags, billboards, souvenirs and hand bills inform everybody audaciously that RFA LIVES ON!
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